REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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In coutiuuatiou of the experimeuts of previous years, to introduce 

 lobsters aud easteru oysters on the Pacific coast, 20 adult male lobsters 

 and 09 leuuiles, with eggs, were taken from New England and liberated 

 near Monterey, Gal., in November, 189G, and at the same time 25 barrels 

 of o-year-old oysters were planted on suitable grounds in Humboldt 

 Bay, near Eureka, Cal., and an equal number in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. 

 On the same trip 129 diamond-backed terrapin from Chesapeake Bay 

 and South Carolina were planted in San Francisco Bay under the 

 direction of the California Fish Commission. 



The following table shows the numbers of tish and eggs furnished 

 for distribution by the various stations: 



* 2.819,000 planted in Delaware River. Kew Jersey ; 411, 



♦ Shad egg.>j sent to Xash ville Exposition. 



000 sent to Xashville Exposition. 



